Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Estimation of energy requirements for mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients using nutritional status. | Critical Care October 2003 Vol 7 No 5 Kan et al. Research Open Access Estimation of energy requirements for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients using nutritional status Mee-Nin Kan1 Han-Hsin Chang2 Woei-Fen Sheu3 Chien-Hsiang Cheng4 Bor-Jen Lee5 and Yi-Chia Huang6 1Chief Intensive Care Unit Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung Taiwan ROC 2Assistance Professor of School of Nutrition Chung Shan Medical University Taichung Taiwan ROC 3Dietitian Department of Food and Nutrition Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung Taiwan ROC 4Attending of Critical Care and Respiratory Therapy Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung Taiwan ROC 5Attending of Intensive Care Unit Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung Taiwan ROC 6Dean and Professor of Institute of Nutritional Science School of Nutrition Chung Shan Medical University Taichung Taiwan ROC Correspondence Yi-Chia Huang ych@ Received 25 April 2003 Revisions requested 16 July 2003 Revisions received 5 August 2003 Accepted 5 August 2003 Published 28 August 2003 Critical Care 2003 7 R108-R115 DOI cc2366 This article is online at http content 7 5 R108 2003 Kan et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X . This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background There is very little information on what is considered an adequate energy intake for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to determine this energy requirement by making use of patients nutritional status. Methods The study was conducted in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit of Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taiwan. Patients were hemodynamically stable and not comatose and were requiring at least 7 days of mechanical ventilation. Fifty-four patients successfully
